# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71)

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- Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号
- English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第七十一条 (Article 71) — address `art-71`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-71
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### 第七十一条
<sup>art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-71</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定に基いて発する厚生労働省令は、当該厚生労働省令によつて労働者を使用することについて行政官庁の許可を受けた使用者に使用される労働者以外の労働者については、適用しない。
<sup>art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-71/par-1</sup>
An Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article does not apply to workers other than those employed by an employer who has obtained permission from the relevant government agency for the employment of workers, pursuant to that Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-71/par-1: 前条 → 労働基準法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-70

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 第七十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-73/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 第三十四条の二の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-34-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-34-2-5/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 第三十四条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-34-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-34-4/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
